backward compatibility

English

Alternative forms

• backwards compatibility

Noun

backward compatibility (usually uncountable, plural backward compatibilities)

1. (software) Capability of interoperating with older systems.

   Antonym: backward incompatibility

Related terms

• backward compatible
• forward compatibility

Translations

compatibility with older systems

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 向後兼容 / 向后兼容 (xiànghòu jiānróng)

• Czech: zpětná kompatibilita f
• Danish: bagudkompatibilitet c
• Finnish: taaksepäin yhteensopivuus
• French: compatibilité descendante (fr) f, rétrocompatibilité (fr) f
• Galician: retrocompatibilidade f
• Georgian: უკუთავსებადობა (uḳutavsebadoba)
• German: Abwärtskompatibilität f, Rückwärtskompatibilität f
• Japanese: 後方互換性 (kōhō gokansei)
• Korean: 하위 호환성 (hawi hohwanseong)
• Maori: hototahi whakamuri
• Portuguese: retrocompatibilidade (pt) f, compatibilidade retroativa f, compatibilidade reversa f
• Russian: обра́тная совмести́мость f (obrátnaja sovmestímostʹ)
• Spanish: retrocompatibilidad f
• Swedish: bakåtkompatibilitet c